Crash on Android Device when cropping the image in Android version 14

[variyanirav]

Experiencing Fatal Exception while cropping image on Android 13 and 14,
Fatal Exception: java.lang.IncompatibleClassChangeError: Class 'android.content.res.XmlBlock$Parser' does not implement interface 'e8.a' in call to 'int e8.a.l()'

[lybur]

For my case, the crash happens regardless of API level, but only with release build. It's working fine during the debugging.

[jinosh05]

I'm facing the same issue even while debugging on Emulator too

[645638180]

same issue

[Mar-debug]

I also seem to get crashing on android when debugging or in release -- the android version does not matter for me too, have been having this issue for a while

Edit: I saw that by adding the UCropActivity in my AndroidManifest.xml file the cropper worked and is no longer causing the app to crash

[Icaroto]

Any other possible solutions for this? My Manifest (in the main folder) contains the activity but I still get the issue on release apk and not on debug

[rajeshbdabhi]

i am facing same issue even i added below code to my manifest

[davemg3]

Having the same from version 5.0.1 to version 8.0.2
Temporarily, waiting for a fix from the author, i am using this in my proguard and it works pretty well (courtesy of claude.ai) :

`

Keep UCrop and related classes

-keepclassmembers class com.yalantis.ucrop.** { ; }
-keep class com.yalantis.ucrop.* { ; }
-keep class androidx.appcompat.view.* { ; }
-keep class androidx.appcompat.widget.* { ; }
-keep class androidx.appcompat.app.* { ; }
-keep class androidx.core.content.* { *; }

Keep XML related classes

-keep class android.content.res.XmlBlock$Parser { ; }
-keep class android.content.res.XmlResourceParser { ; }
-keep class org.xmlpull. { *; }

Keep menu related classes

-keep class * extends android.view.Menu { *; }
-keep class * extends android.view.MenuItem { *; }

General rules for androidx

-keep class androidx.** { ; }
-keep interface androidx.* { ; }
-keep class android.content.res.* { ; }
-keep class vv.* { *; }

Keep potential interface implementations

-keep interface * { *; }
-keepclassmembers class * implements android.os.Parcelable {
static ** CREATOR;
}

Keep all fragments for UCrop

-keepclassmembers class * extends androidx.fragment.app.Fragment {
public ();
}

Keep required xml attributes

-keepclasseswithmembers class *.R$ {
public static ;
}
`